Protection of journalists and press freedom 2010, para. 51
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- In the case of non-international armed conflicts, there is no distinction between war correspondents and other journalists under international humanitarian law, and the protection for all journalists emanates from common article 3 of the Geneva Conventions and the Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol II). This includes, for example, protection from violence to life, health and physical or mental well-being, including torture, hostage-taking, humiliating and degrading treatment, as well as threats to commit such acts. They are also entitled to fair trial guarantees (articles 4, 5, 6 of Additional Protocol II). The Special Rapporteur would like to emphasize that violations of most of these provisions are punishable as war crimes.
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Year
- 2010
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Reference
- SR Freedom of Opinion, Report to the UNGA (2010), A/65/284, para. 51.
- Paragraph number
- 51
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